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Provides assessment and linkage for people who are HUD homeless. Administers funds for direct services through case managers at the local shelters. Helps in obtaining a birth certificate and ID cards for clients seeking a clearance card in order to stay at one of the local shelters. Can sometimes assist with relocations, bus tokens for medical appointments, and homeless verifications. Completes VI-SPDAT housing assessments with clients in order to add them to the Prioritization List.

Motel funds may be available to homeless families when no other emergency shelter can be found.

Services

Indigent Transportation
Homeless Motel Vouchers
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Street Outreach Programs
Identification Cards
Mental health services and housing assistance for individuals who reside in Scott County and are homeless. Mental health services include screening, initial intake, therapist and psychiatrist appointments, and arrangements to obtain medications. Referrals are made for housing, supplemental income, and medical treatment.
Provides support services and referrals for individuals with a mental illness who are currently experiencing homelessness, or are at immediate risk of becoming homeless.
Street-based assistance to runaway, homeless, and at-risk teens. Nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA).

Street-based assistance to runaway, homeless, and at-risk teens. Now operating out of CEDARS Youth Opportunity Center, where runaway, homeless youth and youth experiencing crisis can "drop-in" to receive a hot meal, do laundry, follow hygiene routines, complete job and housing applications, receive education support, and relax.

Works to support unsheltered residents in Champaign County, through regular engagement where ever the residents may be sleeping and/or taking referrals from local agencies. Services focus on meeting the immediate needs of the client such as food, blankets, clothing, toiletries, transportation, housing referrals, and referrals to other agencies for help with vital documents, LINK/Medicaid help, domestic violence, and mental/physical health services.

To provide 3rd party verification of homelessness, CTSO must make contact with the person at the location of homelessness. No limit on referrals, but can only support a limit of 50 at a time.

**May take up to 1 week to respond to a referral.

Helps clients that are street-level with food, clothing, hygiene, blankets or other resources to help with housing.
A mobile unit offers emergency food, clothing, referral sources and support to homeless youth, runaway youth or youth in crisis.
The Street Medicine Program brings free health care, survival supplies, and support directly to individuals who have the most difficulty accessing traditional services. Regularly visiting encampments, expressway viaducts, and street corners across the city, a Nurse Practitioner, Case Manager, and Street Medicine Outreach Professional first address immediate health needs, then link individuals to case management and medical homes.

Outpatient mental health services, focusing on:

-- Anxiety disorders.

-- Depression.

-- Schizophrenia.

-- Bi-polar disorder.

TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) is available.

Homeless Mental Health Access Program aims to provide services to homeless individuals.

Services

Street Outreach Programs
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
General Psychiatry
General Counseling Services

Outpatient mental health services, focusing on:

-- Anxiety disorders.

-- Depression.

-- Schizophrenia.

-- Bi-polar disorder.

TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) is available.

Homeless Mental Health Access Program aims to provide services to homeless individuals.

Services

Street Outreach Programs
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
General Psychiatry
General Counseling Services
The Thresholds Homeless Outreach Program was established in 1989 to provide assertive outreach, linkage to primary and psychiatric care, and resource referral to persons experiencing homelessness with serious mental illnesses. The program employs the skills of licensed clinical social workers on the streets, in shelters, and in any other location where people who are homeless may be found.
The Nonviolence Chicago Street Outreach teams advocate for the community. They provide food and toiletries and conduct well-being checks when needed. To help communities take back space where violence has occurred, they host events creating safe spaces and building relationships with neighbors.
The Nonviolence Chicago Street Outreach teams advocate for the community. They provide food and toiletries and conduct well-being checks when needed. To help communities take back space where violence has occurred, they host events creating safe spaces and building relationships with neighbors.
YOT's Outreach Case Managers connect with clients across the city and link them with safe housing, education, employment, and other resources as well as providing compassionate support. In addition to making a regular stop with the Youth Outreach Van in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood every Thursday evening, Team members visit libraries, courthouses, coffee shops, and other locations where young people experiencing homelessness often congregate.

Services

Street Outreach Programs
Homeless Youth
Transitional Case/Care Management
Featherfist, Inc. offers street outreach specifically on the south side streets of Chicago. They work to form relationships that can help break the cycle of homelessness.
The Nonviolence Chicago Street Outreach teams advocate for the community. They provide food and toiletries and conduct well-being checks when needed. To help communities take back space where violence has occurred, they host events creating safe spaces and building relationships with neighbors.
Through Good Neighbors Field Outreach, teams of staff and volunteers deliver toiletries, clothing, and food to individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness. On various days during the week, teams connect with people residing on the streets in the Near North neighborhood to listen, hand out daily living essentials, and direct people to the resources they may need.
The Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Program, funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, provides community-based outreach, mental health, substance abuse, case management and other support services, as well as a limited set of housing services.
Provides basic needs items, referrals for services, and connection to shelter to runaway and youth experiencing a housing crisis by meeting them where they are both physically and psychologically.
Services provided include shower services, laundry services, laundry detergent, hygiene kits, clothing, coats. Other resources are available on a case-by-case scenario.
Northwest Compass services include intake and referrals, crisis intervention, solution-focused case management, street outreach, individual financial counseling, and money management classes, career coaching and job readiness, and more to alleviate hardships and allow clients to become stable and stay empowered in their everyday lives.

Services

Street Outreach Programs
Supported Employment
Personal Financial Counseling
Ignite's SCOPe (Street and Community Outreach Program) offers support to youth ages 14 to 24in the south and southwest areas of Chicago to build relationships with young people experiencing homelessness, connect them to community resources and the full array of Ignite programs, meet their immediate needs, and provide crisis intervention.

Outpatient mental health services, focusing on:

-- Anxiety disorders.

-- Depression.

-- Schizophrenia.

-- Bi-polar disorder.

TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) is available.

Homeless Mental Health Access Program aims to provide services to homeless individuals.

Services

Street Outreach Programs
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
General Psychiatry
General Counseling Services

Provides community and street outreach services to assist individuals who may be facing homelessness by working to increase job, social, and living skills. Will also assist individuals with obtaining benefits (Social Security, Medical, etc.) for which they may qualify.

Hope On The Streets reaches out to homeless or near homeless individuals in the downtown Des Moines area and provides nutritious snacks, peer counseling, encouragement and referral information.